No fresh traffic allowed on Jammu-Srinagar NH for second day

No fresh traffic allowed on Jammu-Srinagar NH for second day

Banihal/Jammu :  No fresh traffic was allowed on the Jammu-Srinagar National Highway for the second day on Monday to facilitate clearance of stranded vehicles including trucks carrying essential commodities to Kashmir Valley, officials said. The highway, the only all-weather road linking Kashmir with the rest of the country, has witnessed frequent disruptions over the past […]

Dropping Sher e Kashmir’s name from important landmarks a new low: Muhammad Akbar Lone

Dropping Sher e Kashmir’s name from important landmarks a new low:  Muhammad Akbar Lone

Srinagar Jammu and Kashmir National Conference on Monday decried the measure of dropping the name of Sher e Kashmir from SKICC, saying the move is reflective of contempt the present government nurtures for Kashmir’s true representative voices and their leadership. While talking to press party’s senior leader and Member of Parliament Muhammad Akbar Lone said […]

Opposition demands release of detained J&K leaders

Opposition demands release of detained J&K leaders

The Opposition on Monday demanded immediate release of all political detainees in Jammu and Kashmir, especially three former chief ministers Farooq Abdullah, Omar Abdullah and Mehbooba Mufti. “There are growing assaults on democratic norms, fundamental rights and civic liberties of citizens,” a joint statement by Opposition leaders said. “As a result, dissent is not only […]

LoC shelling starts in Poonch creates panic

LoC shelling starts in Poonch creates panic

By Our Correspondent Police and authorities in Jammu said that Pakastani army resorted to heavy shelling on several forward posts in Poonch district of Jammu. Many news agencies quoted defense spokesman saying that  Pakistan Army resorted to firing and mortar shelling on forward posts and villages along the Line of Control (LoC) in Poonch district […]

Coronavirus | Ganderbal admin cancels sports festival in Sonamarg

Coronavirus | Ganderbal admin cancels sports festival in Sonamarg

Amid the coronavirus scare, the district administration Ganderbal cancelled the winter sports festival in Sonamarg, officials said. Chief Executive Officer Sonamarg Development Authority (SDA) Mushtaq Ahmad said the day-long event being organised by SDA in collaboration with the district administration Ganderbal was scheduled to be held at Sonamarg on Sunday. He said the event has […]

Altaf Bukhari has BJP’s support in Kashmir. But Bakshi Mohammad has a history lesson for him

Altaf Bukhari has BJP’s support in Kashmir. But Bakshi Mohammad has a history lesson for him

On a bright March afternoon in 2019, former IAS topper Shah Faesal took to the stage to address a crowd of a few thousands at Gindun Park in the posh Raj Bagh area of Srinagar. Speaking in an idiom that brought back memories of late Mufti Mohammad Sayeed, Faesal announced the launch of a political party with an agenda of finding a peaceful resolution to the Kashmir conflict, […]

84,000 vacant posts in Kashmir, but no recruitment yet: Report

84,000 vacant posts in Kashmir, but no recruitment yet: Report

Srinagar Almost seven months after Article 370 was revoked in Jammu and Kashmir, the Union Home Ministry has informed a parliamentary standing committee that the J&K administration has identified nearly 84,000 vacant government posts in the newly created Union Territory but the recruitment is yet to begin as the details are still being scrutinised,  reported The […]